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A - - . THE aiOllNlNG HEUAIJ): TUESDAY. JAXUARY 1. 18si PUR MINES. Something About the Mineral Re sources of Linn County. ALIAULE COAL lEPOIT MHM A Coapany Organized to Develop tt Ceal K;ct Sear Lebacon An Analysis cf the Coal. iMrina the past year n;ore a?!en t:on has been Iirectel to tin- le .lopment of the mineral resources ot t!iis portion of Oregon than sver iorc. eoinpanv c insist ing of lieu. I, A. P.. Woo.1 P. I. Honlev aic I ha-t h'-en r- Messrs. W. F in. A. Uho.l.-s, ity, OREGON 'KIIT. If WorfI-w Itlr tamr Hiorotighly a nil fully l-crvel. Wriitf n for the vt i-ars Huhlp Oregon, especially wet-tern Ore gon, has established the reputation of being the most productive fruit region of the worM. Its equable climate, moist atmosphere, and freedom lrom cyclonic storms, ' miikes it perfectly jossibletoestab ! lish and retain tins reputation, i Small fruits and berries of all de scriptions flourish remarkably in ! .estern Oregon; peaches and grapes do fairly well, hut apples, i pears, plums and ctierries are the : won. lei of every stranger who be j liolds for the first time in thvir 'luxuriant prime. Our eh mate does ' not repine the long term of years I that almost every other country . ails ior to bring the trees into bear- WE DEAL ON THE SQUARE. i AND OUR CUSTOMERS CATCH THE BARGAINS. oth.-rs of this ga:u.el t. worK a g ii Hearing !I1;r jur comparatively speaking i.uartz le-L'e. situated m-ar the j twy bear almost from the year o: suinii'it of tile Cascade mountains. j transplanting, and one of the cares (' nridtrable work has already been 0f the painstaking and successful l.mear.d the company propose to j orchardist is to nievent overbear- :laimen.Ti:eti.allv d ii.i;; j,,., T e fame of Oregon prunes In. s gone wide spread over the land. The t. 1'aul J'iuiietr-Pnxoi No- work theclaimen.Tiieti.allv d ii.i;; !.e next seam. Several capita!-. :-t f,f Portland have enlisted their j influence in "the development oi '.his ?elge. from which some fine iijiens have been taken out. lie comnanv is sanguine of ces. Tiie Caj ital MiuinirCo. of Salem l.r.s also been tVmie'l to work some of the gold quartz unites on the Santia:n,and have flattering reports from th? assays made. Several other gentlemen of Al-i.an--, anior.z them II. Kenton . Kobt. F.rown.f . K. F.ro-.vnell.F.. M. Huston, M. Cowan, and others, along the promising pec- vember 2 ith cotitained a tour col ami uu.jj article on the fruit industry in !K" , Oregon. In regard to Oregon ' prunes the writer savs: "One fact ' (tuite noticeable in the present operations of orchardists is the ten- have, taken up ledges Santiam, v. hich show results. A company in I'.iownsvrtie, with ; (i--o. A. I'ysoii at the head, lias been engaged during the past sea-; son in developing a valuable gold ; discovery on the t'alatiooia. .More j work has been done on these mines ; than on any of the others, ami ' gjld has been found in paying c.uantitias in a decomposed quart.. 1 A road has been made to the mines i and tunnels of considerable magni- i iutle run in with satisfactorv re-1 sV.ts. ' ; Aside from the iroM mines galena of the finest quality is found at ' many places along ttie tributaries of the Santiam, which, in many instances, is intermingled with ' silver. Heretofore only prelimi nary prospecting has. as a rule, been done by miners in these re gions, but recently more thorough work has been undertaken, which promises to lead to a more com plete development of the mineral resonre. soft his portion of thestate. NEW OKI. IIKVKIOI-'MENT. Wm. II. Watkins, F.x-Oov. L. F. dtney to make prunes their chief crop." It is believed that Oregon prunes are the best the world pro duces. They are altogether beyond comparison with the lluropean product, and even California does n it claim to be able to grow as good prunes as Oregon. They bring much the highest price in the market." The remarks of the l'ion, , VY-.s. are unvarnished truths, for all over this part of the State the planting of prune orchards has become a leading industry, some orchardists putting out as high as thirty or forty acres. A. 15. Custer, adjacent to the city of Albany, has a huge aiea planted and tlie trees are thriving wonderfully. Mr. James Roberts, near Vhedd, 'has planted ouite extensively this I fall in prunes, and Mr. Iaw, near j Peoria, has upwards of thirty acres ' in the same fruit. These are only a few among hundreds w ho are eiu : barking in the cultivation of this '. most excellent fruit, that grows and j matures with such perfection and : certainty in this locality in our ; great state of Oregon, that its culti ' vation affords a perfectly sale and growing industry to embark in. So . great was the demand for prune trees for planting during the last I season that the matured stock of i evei v nurserv in tlie State was ex- WE DO NOT "An T I THE EARTH, CONRAD MEY ER FROI'RIETOB OK TH K- OLD AND RELIABLE STAR BAKERY. A full stock of staple groceries, fine glassware and crockery kept con- NOR DO WE USE ANY BAITS TO CATCH CUSTOMERS, j Stailtly Oil hand . r tram UfcLA . hausted and many had to oeler Orover and others have recently ; I't'ui conui.enced developing valnahk -oai deposits on the Sav.tiam. T:ie site of the claim is eignt mi.es east of Lebanon. It is thus V . miles from the narrow gauge, t'-fi mih's from the Oregon Cali foinia and twelve miles from the Or'g':: l'acitie railroads. If cn taitit'.4' acres, and was boaght on Nivember - last, f.r by it pi-eAeii: oAiieis, Mes-.r. rover, Smith, Hawkins ami Wiitki.U. There are three strata of tiie ca! 'posit. Tise upper one crops out io the creek which runs through the la'li:, v. tier- it -shoW a tl.i. k-ue.- ol eig'ileell inches. Some -M ) feet ba from the bank a shaft lias been run down, revealing a vein with a thickness of seven feet. This stratum is composed of a lino glistening funnel coal, which is readily inflammable and burns wi1: a tierce iieat. The assay upon it was as follows : r V1 ""'"' Volatile ami O'liiiiustiiiie matter.. 2:. l' Kit-1 tarboti 41.411 A-h .... Siilhur g lor a year. flic Willamette valley, in tne heart of whi. n is situated the live citv of Albany, is fhe most pecu liarly adapted fruit growing part of the State, and our vicinity is fast devel ping into a center for its growth- and siiipm n. Mr. A. boss, of the I'epot !I te!,a few years ago purchased .en .teres of land for $li0 per acre, afterward adding two acres more at the same price. He put the land in the finest con.Iit'jn possible, nii "lerdrai.iing and fertilizing it and planted to other fruit trees. This la-: summer he was offered several more thousand doilars for the land BUT MARK OUR WORDS : cp nded .hundreds, j Fresh Baked Bread Every Day, Cakes, Pies, Etc. an than he had e but would not sell, knowing when he has a good tiling and concluding iii ..: . i. IO IIOIO Oil LO U. . V SO Vt-11 ;t ; it.Qt 1,,.--.,litv Y Kli MM v vi iai.1 .v i.-j i.n. . -. . . : . 1 1 under t!i- sun oilers the intelligent any ho'tisc 111 tilt' W ill Uiuntt' 1 ...,..f.,t ,....lior.l;l u.-'s :l.!v:ltl- ! 1 II..'. rt.i.najc.u. w.v. '-' vin monev on evt-rv i oi ars ta: FORTMILLER&IRYING fancy icaieuo O.C1..J..O.S. . - y n montiy (n wrY ( res as dx-s thislocahty at present. I J ' J groceries du apor tlian j Valley, and will save, worth you. Imy. j i:.r.o 1.4S Winlrr holrra. A f-pocies of bov-i-l complaint known u "winter cholera," appeared in Kevcral cities in the Northwest hist winter and is likely to lie more gen- i-rul this feason. lliamtjcriain s TotuI !.Wi . i t i ......... ...... vjnv uumueu i-.o . j . ,. ........... ..,, i,;.,.,, - v...,..lv gave of coke0 The coke was I 't'niC composed ot .S..0 carbon and '1..0 ; poshity Mason. HSU, UlClUOillg suipuur ai.'i . iiuw of phosphorus. The large jiercent- age of water shown is explained by the fact that the specimens taken for assay were from the bed of the stream. A short distance below the first stratum the second appears, and consists of alternate layers of coal and shale, those of the latter being I greatly thinner than those of tlie J coal. ! After drilling through sixty-four ! feet of sandstone the third stratum : i reached and is sixteen feet in i thickness, being solid coal. The second and third strata are alike in'' quality, being of a fine lignite j dejiosit of excellent burning prop ertit-s. Or. the property in which he is interested five shafts, which are tnree in'chen in diameter, have Wen sunk. At one point, a depth of 140 feet was attained. In the bottom ot this a seam of tine lig nte coal, sixteen fet wide, was found. In the middle, of the shaft, half-way up the mountain, six and a half ieet ol coal was lounu. in t the middle shaft a seam six and a hall" feet wide was fount I. As depth is attained the coal is drier and of better quality than that iouni nearer the surface. Tiie intention is to have a line ,built from the narrow gauge road, which is but six and a half miles from the mine. There is no bridg ing to be done and the country is level. If the company owning the narrow gauge does not build this extension so as to secure the trade the gentlemen ow:;ing the coal mine will do the work. On the other side of the moun tain from where Mr. Watkin's mine is- located coal has been found and two half sections have been taken up At a point eighteen miles further east, on the Santiam. another coal discovery has been made. In fact the whole country in that section is a good field for the coal-prospector. Our cuKtomcra never have the blues, be.ausc we give them such good bar gains. W. . Head. A new invoice of at Ktad'b. British trimming? BROWN ELdId & STANARD. SPRINGFIELD SAWMILL A. W II KKLKK, Sl'KlNGFIELD, PROPRIETOR. SPKIXGFIKLI OREGON JSfAlbany yard and office on Kailroad, between 4th and 5th streetsJ A Wheeler, Albany Manager, 'lavin" kmber not excelled in quality, md facilities not surpassed forthe .prompt and satisfactory tilling or orders. I rcsnectfullv solicit a J. trade. ' ' " , G. W SMITH ISUCCESSOR TO W. H. M FARLAND- DEALKRS IN FINE- FURNITURE! r TI LARGEST USE (IF STOVE IK TUB VALLEY 11 J1J Clia:iierlain's Kje arid Skin O'mt-iit.-ttt is niKuualcti for old clir'.na- .. ... I ... ft n t.i.l-lii-l .iiri-s. .lan v c-a.-i-s nac im.u i euiitlv cured by it. Fur MtU- by tiiaV V x:.i-oil. llaii -yeast at'Lrow ni-ll iV Stai-ardV j CO an pa All the MnstDesir:ille flakes r.f Cookinjr Stoves awl Ranges, and Heating Stoves, Kitchen Utensils ind ilimsVholjJ'iirniturti Kept Constantly in stock. The Largest Line of Furniture in the Valley ! FROMAN'S BLOCK ALBANY, OR I